Clik here to view.
ARRA Coffee & Wine, Fitzroy
MELBOURNE | I recently headed into Fitzroy to visit new cafe and bar ARRA Coffee & Wine. I was invited in owners Armin Nasr and Ruby Lai, who opened the cafe last month after almost a year of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
YOI, Melbourne CBD
MELBOURNE | I was all geared up for a gifted home delivery of some Indonesian food from YOI a few weeks back, when news hit that restaurants were going to be opening for business during the time that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Melbourne Smokehouse, North Melbourne (Online)
MELBOURNE | The Melbourne Smokehouse was started by UK born chef and bike mechanic Danny. He’s been making smoked salmon, mackerel, and other cured fish at home, inspired by the traditional...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Everleigh & Peter Gunn Team Up With SSIXX fo SSIXX presents...
MELBOURNE | As the arts, dining and events industries rise again, a new collaboration will deliver an experience that evokes a new dimension. SSIXX is an ode to the past, present and future of our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
La Colombianita, South Melbourne
MELBOURNE | Several weeks ago, before lockdown ended, I was scrolling through Instagram and came across a photo of some white cheese. It reminded me of a breakfast that I’d enjoyed when I was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HD Foods Bomb Ass Chilli Oil – Next Level Chilli Oil
MELBOURNE | You know I love my spicy condiments. Open my fridge/pantry and you’ll find far more hot sauces and chilli oils than anyone needs (or at least that’s what they say). A few weeks back,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Small Fry Donuts, Braeside
MELBOURNE | Melbourne delivery driver turned burger blogger Ainsley Gararth (@aindogs_burgers, corporate analyst by day, grill master by night Kristiano Sucipto (@krispy_kr1s), and hospo recruiter and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mr. Lee Malaysian Cuisine, Brunswick East
MELBOURNE | When a new restaurant opens, it can be hard to gauge whether it’s going to be good or not based on the menu. A Brunswick favourite of mine, Nepalese restaurant Shimbu, closed this year....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Co Do, Richmond
MELBOURNE | One of the things that I really missed during lockdown was the ability to pop into food places at a whim, without any plans or forethought. Take last Saturday, for example. Lauren and I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Musou Malaxiangguo, Melbourne CBD
MELBOURNE | I was recently invited to check out Musou Malaxiangguo, the new Chinese hot pot joint from the same people who brought Gotcha Fresh Tea, Jiyu Thai Hotpot, and Da Long Yi to Australia. ...
View ArticleClik here to view.
East African Sisters Bringing The Flavours of Somali & Ethiopia To Melbourne
MELBOURNE | Last month, I was browsing through my Instagram explore feed when a post for two interesting sounding sauces popped up. Curious, I stopped to read the caption, and by the end of it was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Flour, Kew (Online)
MELBOURNE | With hospo back open, I’ve been eating out more and doing less home deliveries. There are, however, still a lot of small hospo business out there doing delivery of all sorts of things. ...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Howlerwood, Brunswick
MELBOURNE | Remember those property developers who wanted to build apartments behind Howler a few years back? They’re the ones who, in their application to council, deliberately ignored the fact that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Small Time Group, Brunswick
MELBOURNE | I was going to introduce Brunswick’s Small Time Group as a bar, but it’s a venue that’s much more than that. Small Time opened at the end of February, and somehow managed to stay open and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thai Town (QV), Melbourne
MELBOURNE | I was supposed to check out Thai Town QV when it opened in January last year, but 2020 did its thing and I kind of forgot about it, until they asked if I’d like to pop in for a visit a few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mr Brownie, South Melbourne
MELBOURNE | The butter chicken at Horn Please is one of my favourite versions of the dish in Melbourne, and a chicken parma is my favourite pub meals, so when Jessi Singh combined the two at his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Niubi, Melbourne CBD
MELBOURNE | Opening recently next door to one of my favourite Melbourne bars, Union Electric, is Niubi. The restaurant, which I was invited to, is named after the Chinese slang term for “fucking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mysterious Al Reveals Most Immersive Art Experience Yet — SPOOKHOUSE
MELBOURNE | Following the success of his walkthrough art experience Blinking into the Sunlight in 2019, renownedstreet-artist Mysterious Al presents SPOOKHOUSE — a new multi-sensory art exhibition...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sarah Sands Hotel, Brunswick
#tdi_10 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url(https://thecitylane.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/X1007908.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_10 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 { background:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mono XO, Collingwood
#tdi_9 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url(https://thecitylane.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/X1007842.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_9 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 { background:...
View Article